I dont want to sound like a scaremonger but its true that one in 100 children now are being diagnosed with autism. of course i am not saying that all children affected by autism have had MMR or MMR inevitably triggers autism in all children but think what if the statistics are not in your favour when its your childs turn?  if someone had told me years ago that autism would affect our family this way or even if someone had warned me of the link between autism and MMR,i  would have asked them to jog on--as i believed then (as i am sure many people  feel ) that autism like Downs syndrome is something that happens to someone else, to white childen (ha! how naive i was) . to make things worse, in Nepal all forms of developmental disorders, behavioural problems, learning disablities are lumped under one generic term - mental  retardation - so people's ignorance  and even self denial when their  children show  autistic traits are understandable due to the stigma attached to it. gosh! Ihave researched this so much i can write a War and Peace  on this.

my brother and sister in law are very intelligent and handsome couple- my brother being a cardiologist and sister in law top-notch banker yet my nephew as i mentioned above struggles with basic things like feeding himself or getting dresed- so if people think they are immune to this because they are smart healthy people, please think again as forewarned is forearmed.

and my nephew's is not an isolated case. i have gone to so many support groups and over 75 % of parents with moderate to mild autistic children are absolutely  convinced that their perefectly social, babbling, loving children have regressed into the autistic world after getting the MMR shot.

And Kiddo, if you are referring to Dr Andew Wakefiled, i think he was a surgeon and not actually a fake scientist. i appreciate that he used unfair means to present his findings but i am not going to entirely discredit his findings.

By all means, i support vaccinating children--they have been a godsend in protecting children from such dreadful diseases but MMR which aims to immunise children against three diseases with one powerful shot must be researched extensively. Please insist on getting three single shots even if you have to pay extra. remember- the MMR is irreversible . not a day goes by when i dont watch the old clips on my mobile phone of my nephew who was just so beautiful , loving, friendly child whom we have now lost to the mysterious world of autism. the sight of him frantically running around, rocking constantly , struggling to communicate make me want to break down.